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What a cool idea! Thanks for sharing. I'll definitely be making some. I went to WalMart the other day and couldn't even find a plain hula hoop. They only had fancy, heavy ones with lights. I needed a plain one to do a weaving on. Now I can get to work!!

THANKS!!! my daughter LOVES to hula hoop! even did it in the school's talent show last year. but she wears them hard & they aren't very cheap to replace. I love this! now I can make her some for cheaper & with better colors/designs!

this is great! I found that dipping the ends of the hoop in boiling water for a few seconds makes the connectors go in a bit easier. Congrats for being on crafty crow! :)www.ramblingsofalovesickmommy.com

Thank you for all your comments, so nice to hear form you.We bought cheap black PVC piping at the local hardware, for about 60-75 cents a foot. I use 1/2 inch for kids but 3/4 inch for adults seems to work best.Yes boiling the ends does help to connect the ends but it still works fine with a bit of brute force ;0)Walmart has a great selection of colourful tapes.Each one cost under $5 approx.And I never stated that I was the first to make these up, I just posted that we figured out how to do it and learned as we went from friends and the internet. Sorry if that was confusing.

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I coached Rhythmic gymnastics for years and the girls all decorate their hoops to match their outfit/routine/music. Most use 1" wide wrapping paper ribbon and then cover with a layer of Scotch Crystal Clear tape. Much cheaper, holds up to a ton of use, and is easy enough to remove and do a new pattern. I even no someone who cut a mylar balloon into strips and used that under the tape.

I just learned how to make one of these at a training. They also told us to heat the ends up with a blow drier before putting the fittings in to expand the ends then when they cool down they fit tighter. I am making these for all of my students!

Looks like fun! A great time to use Pi to figure out how much pipe you're likely to need. Since you know the diameter (height of the hoop) you can simply multiply that by Pi (3.14...) to get the circumference and take the guess work out of how much pipe to buy.

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